A 33-year-old suspected cultist, Bello Salami, has been arrested at Benin airport while trying to flee the state. He is suspected of killing three vigilante members along Wire Road in Benin-City.
In addition to Salami’s arrest, 15 other suspected cultists were arrested in various parts of Edo State during a crackdown on criminal hideouts and house-to-house searches.
The suspects, who confessed to being members of various cult groups, including Maphites, Vikings, Black Axe, and Aye confraternities, will be arraigned in court once investigations are complete.
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Notably, the Esan Area Zonal Leader of the Neo Black Movement (NBM), also known as Black Axe Confraternity, Itua Odion, was also arrested at a hotel in Ekpoma.
